In the yamen of the yuyuxiang, Du Zhongxiao, Liu Ji, Yang Qi and several others sat down to drink tea. Xinyang Jun is his own tea farm, and the field affairs are in charge of tea production. Changping sells it. After large-scale tea production there, it quickly became the official tea used in the two yamen. The characteristic of green tea is that it has a light sweetness after brewing, and the more you drink it, the more you taste it. Tea soups that are not like tumble tea are all superficial skills that have little to do with the taste of tea. After sitting for a long time, it is more convenient for green tea, and everyone quickly got used to it.

Du Zhongxiao said: "A few days ago, Nong Zhigao, who was in chaos in Guangnan, captured Yongzhou, killed officials, slaughtered the people, and committed many evil deeds. After occupying Yongzhou, he had several roads to go. One was to seize Yongzhou and establish himself and form a country. This country once fought against Jiaozhi, and Jiaozhi was extremely hated. If he occupied Yongzhou, there would be Jiaozhi in the south. The original dynasty mobilized troops in the north, which was a dead end. Or to attack Guizhou in the north, if it broke into Guizhou, it would occupy Guangxi. There was a natural dangerous Kunlun Pass to Guizhou. The barbarians did not have any siege equipment, so they were afraid that it would be difficult to break through this dangerous pass. The nearest road was to go along Yushui and attack Guangzhou. If it broke into Guangzhou, it would be to go south by the sea and imitate the story of the Southern Han Dynasty. According to my estimate, eight out of ten they would come east along Yushui."

Liu Jidao: "What the Ting Ju says is that Yushui is facing east, Hengzhou and Guizhou are all small cities, without garrisons and walls, which are difficult to defend. The thieves recruited exiles along the way, and once they break Wuzhou again, it will be difficult to control them."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Although I know this, there is no way. Now it is May and June, when the miasma in Guangnan is in full swing, it is difficult for the soldiers and horses from the north to go south. There are no heavy troops around Guangzhou and Guizhou, so I am afraid it is difficult to prevent it. In my opinion, Nong Zhigao is afraid that it will be difficult to stop the siege in Guangzhou. Now the court does not take this seriously, but only let Jingnan gather troops to prevent the thieves from going north, preparing to fight with Guizhou soldiers and horses to suppress the thieves. Wait until the thieves' soldiers

If you are near the city of Guangzhou, it will never be like this. At that time, the government and the country will shake, and the northern troops will inevitably go south. Where our Yingtianxiang Army is, there is a railway to gather. Except for the imperial guards in the capital, no one is more convenient than us. When we arrive in Xiangyang, we can get on the train and go to Jiangling Mansion. Then we can take a boat all the way and enter Guangnan through Lingku. Tens of thousands of barbarians are in chaos, but they only take advantage of the imperial court's troops to attack the city and plunder the land. Once the army moves, it is not difficult to wipe out."

After Nong Zhigao occupied Yongzhou, his power was unstoppable, and the southern part of Guangdong and Guangxi was almost white. The very important reason was that the area was already vast and sparsely populated, with no garrisons in each prefecture and county, and many of them did not even have cities. Except for Yulinzhou and Wuzhou, no one went to other places to serve as officials, and the conditions were worse than those of Danzhou and Leizhou, which were exiled to officials. When the weather was hot, they were not locals, and the northern army would not be able to set foot on them. Not to mention the army north of the Yellow River, even the army in Jingnan was not suitable for the local environment.

It is precisely because of this that a few Han people who went south gathered near prefectures and counties. Nong Zhigao massacred the city all the way and almost all were destroyed. Because of the Nong Zhigao Rebellion, the development of Lingnan regressed for many years.

Yang Qi has been in Jingnan for many years and has quelled the barbarians and chaos for countless times. He is a little tired and is not enthusiastic about going south to quell the rebellion. However, Liu Ji exchanged literature for military affairs and was eager to go to the battlefield to make contributions. He enthusiastically discussed Nong Zhigao's actions with Du Zhongxiao, and planned to go south to quell the rebellion in the autumn to make contributions.

In history, the Nong Zhigao Rebellion was pacified by Di Qing, and the second hero was Liu Ji, who captured and killed the envoy from the east and west roads of Guangnan.

Seeing that it was getting late, Du Zhongxiao said: "This time I recruited a few people to discuss. If the court asked us to go south to quell the rebellion, what preparations should be made. First, the army will be organized, the regulations will be discussed, and after the discussion will be discussed, other matters will be discussed clearly. It will be treated as an exercise to reorganize the camp and Tianxiang Army with combat soldiers. What are the shortcomings? When the weather is hot, make up for rectification."

Yang Ting said: "What's the matter with the establishment? The imperial guards have all been established, so just do it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "As an example of the establishment of the imperial guards, it is based on the Pingrong Wanquan formation, which is not in line with us. It is a place with a flat terrain in the northern plains, and a formation is arranged in a battalion. Of course, there is nothing to say about the two armies' dignified formations. This formation is very useful. But how many opportunities can the two armies form camps and form camps? Most of the time, they rely on surprises to win and fight when encounters. Correspondingly, the organization of the army must be suitable for large army formations and dispersed operations, and only when they can be divided or combined are the army that can be fought."

Liu Jidao: "Besides, we are different from the imperial guards. We do not use bows and crossbows. We should have our own organization."

The Pingrong Wan full formation was made by Emperor Taizong, with detailed formation maps. During the war, there were even formation envoys sent by the emperor. The generals in the front must arrange the formation according to the formation map and must not change it privately. Theoretically, the Pingrong Wan full formation is worthy of its reputation. It can be listed and has strong combat power. The formation of 100,000 people is arranged neatly and orderly, and has strong defense and counterattack capabilities no matter which direction. It is an excellent formation.

But in fact, there are too many restrictions on this formation. If there is a large plain, the enemy must fight, which is actually difficult to achieve. This formation is designed to deal with the Khitans, but the Khitans are not fools. If you have a formation, they know it is difficult to break. Why should they fight? Confront each other from afar and use light cavalry to harass them deeply, and this formation will be defeated without attacking. In fact, the Pingrong Wan formation has almost no effect in history, and the Khitans do not fight according to your routine.

The formation is useless, but the organization of the imperial guards is based on this. The imperial guards take the battalion as the basic unit, and the first battalion is a unit of the large formation. The formation is based on the formation map. Each battalion has its own fixed place and its own fixed combat routines. These are practiced well, but they are not flexible.

The battalion is the basic organization of the imperial guards. There are city below and teams below. Whether it is fighting or stationed, it is a whole. The above is army, and the above is wings, the organization is not fixed, and the power is used for management. When going to war, soldiers are sent, regardless of the wings and army, they are drawn from each army in the battalion, and the commander is temporarily appointed to command troops to fight.

This method of composition has been proved, but it looks good on paper and is of little use in actual combat. Because the organization is set up according to this, it has led to chaos in the wartime command and a lot of chaos occurred when fighting against Dangxiang. In history, Wang Anshi's military strategy during the reform was first started by Fan Zhongyan in Yanzhou because the organization was incompatible with actual combat.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The military organization must be organized according to actual combat. First of all, what is the basic organization unit? There are two types: one is what is the basic organization during garrison training, and the other is what is the basic organization during combat."

Liu Jidao: "From the past few years, there is nothing wrong with battalions as the basics. There is only one thing: there is a military above, which controls many battalions and many places that cannot be taken care of. Below is the capital, one battalion and five capitals. The commander can only control the capital head, but the lower one is unable to control it."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, there is actually one level missing from the bottom and the top of the battalion. We have never been full during training, and it is not very obvious. Once the reorganization is full, this disadvantage will be revealed. A basic principle: what the commander can directly manage must be separated by one level. That is, the commander must be in charge of the team generals, and the above army commanders are in charge of the battalion commander, and there must be one level among them. Only in this way can we use the arm to control the fingers and not be controlled by the lower level. If we only suppress one level, the commander will not know the military situation below in normal times and cannot adapt to the situation in wartime."

After the military is professionalized, the power of the commander is divided by professional departments, and the corresponding management affairs are much less. We have the energy to manage the army in a refined manner. There are too many units at the lower level and limited energy, so we can only use the commander of the next level. Saying good things to the upper level and speaking ruthless words to the lower level is inevitable for many people, and they are easily blinded by subordinates. Between superiors and subordinates, there should be more daily affairs, and more level, in-depth management.
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